Juan Jose Viamonte

Juan Jose Viamonte Gonzalez (9 February 1774-31 March 1843) was Governor of Buenos Aires from 26 June to 8 December 1829 (succeeding Juan Lavalle and preceding Juan Manuel de Rosas) and from 4 November 1833 to 27 June 1834 (succeeding Juan Ramon Gonzalez de Balcarce and preceding Manuel Vicente Maza). He was affiliated with the Federales.

Biography
Juan Jose Viamonte Gonzalez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 9 February 1774, and he served as a Spanish Army captain during the British invasions of the Rio de la Plata. He went on to participate in the May Revolution of 1810 and fight in the Argentine War of Independence on behalf of the patriots, and he became Governor of Entre Rios in 1814. In 1815, he took part in the revolution against the dictator Carlos Maria de Alvear and became a commander of the Unitarios during the Argentine Civil Wars; however, he switched his support to the Federales in 1826. He served as Governor of Buenos Aires in 1829, when he assisted Juan Manuel de Rosas' rise to power while serving as interim Governor; he briefly returned from 1833 to 1834 after Rosas' overthrow, again serving as interim Governor. He was exiled to Montevideo in 1839 and died in 1843.